Panel backs bill allowing coaches limited personal spending for student needs
The subcommittee approved HB 1253, which permits employed coaches to spend up to $15,000 per athletic team per year from personal funds in good faith on student welfare needs (food, transportation, physical rehabilitation) with guardrails requiring coach employment status and broader association coverage. An amendment added employee and association definitions and was adopted.
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The Student Academic Success Subcommittee voted to report favorably HB 1253, a bill that would allow employed coaches to use personal funds in good faith to address athletes’ welfare needs, with limits and guardrails.
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